Ryan, Stacy, and I have been training all summer for this weekend. This is the Kokopelli Triathlon in St. George, Utah where Ryan and I were going to do our first Olympic distance tri and Stacy was going to do her first open water Sprint. We left work early on Friday in order to get down there in time to check in, eat dinner, and get to bed at the appropriate hour (we stayed at Ryan's condo). We woke up at 5:00 am and prepared our stuff for the day. At about 5:35 we opened the garage only to find that some neighbors had parked behind us in the driveway assuming we were not there. We then had to wake up several households before we found out who it was. They moved their cars and we were on our way - a little late - but on our way nonetheless. We arrived at the lake a little behind schedule, but with plenty of time left to get our transition stations set up and to get ready to race. Due to a bit of a delay waiting for the search and rescue team to get to their positions in the water, the race started a little late. We did not care. It gave us just that much more time to get ready. Ryan and I prepared together in the water waiting for our start. When the announcer said "GO" we were on our own. I had an awful swim. A storm was approaching and the waves got bigger and bigger. I got spooked early in the swim and struggled the rest of the time to get back with it. About half of the way through it all I started to get into a rhythm and began to swim well. At this point I was determined to bike and run as hard as I could in order to make up for lost time. It didn't register to me, though, that this may not be a possibility since it was raining pretty hard on top of m
e by this time. As I finally got out of the water after the 1.5 km swim, I was told by some race volunteers that the race had been cancelled due to the weather and I was to pack up my gear and go home. This was possibly the worst thing I could have heard at this time. We spent a good amount of money and time on this tri and now we are not going to be able to do it? That sucks! I gathered my stuff and met up with Ryan (who said he had a good swim) and Stacy (who's swim was similar to mine) and we made our way back to the condo. While I did have a good time hanging out and watching movies, the reality is that I could have done that at home! I am a bit bummed out and I am hoping they will give us a credit to do the Pumpkinman Triathlon in three weeks in Las Vegas. I will keep you all posted.
Ryan, Stacy, and I have been training all summer for this weekend. This is the Kokopelli Triathlon in St. George, Utah where Ryan and I were going to do our first Olympic distance tri and Stacy was going to do her first open water Sprint. We left work early on Friday in order to get down there in time to check in, eat dinner, and get to bed at the appropriate hour (we stayed at Ryan's condo). We woke up at 5:00 am and prepared our stuff for the day. At about 5:35 we opened the garage only to find that some neighbors had parked behind us in the driveway assuming we were not there. We then had to wake up several households before we found out who it was. They moved their cars and we were on our way - a little late - but on our way nonetheless. We arrived at the lake a little behind schedule, but with plenty of time left to get our transition stations set up and to get ready to race. Due to a bit of a delay waiting for the search and rescue team to get to their positions in the water, the race started a little late. We did not care. It gave us just that much more time to get ready. Ryan and I prepared together in the water waiting for our start. When the announcer said "GO" we were on our own. I had an awful swim. A storm was approaching and the waves got bigger and bigger. I got spooked early in the swim and struggled the rest of the time to get back with it. About half of the way through it all I started to get into a rhythm and began to swim well. At this point I was determined to bike and run as hard as I could in order to make up for lost time. It didn't register to me, though, that this may not be a possibility since it was raining pretty hard on top of m
e by this time. As I finally got out of the water after the 1.5 km swim, I was told by some race volunteers that the race had been cancelled due to the weather and I was to pack up my gear and go home. This was possibly the worst thing I could have heard at this time. We spent a good amount of money and time on this tri and now we are not going to be able to do it? That sucks! I gathered my stuff and met up with Ryan (who said he had a good swim) and Stacy (who's swim was similar to mine) and we made our way back to the condo. While I did have a good time hanging out and watching movies, the reality is that I could have done that at home! I am a bit bummed out and I am hoping they will give us a credit to do the Pumpkinman Triathlon in three weeks in Las Vegas. I will keep you all posted.
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